Process for bonding a preformed nonwoven bat to a woven textile sheet



Sulaing, 00Inp0site fabric useful in the manufacture of wering apparel and the )ike and composed of a pre formed, non-vvoven Sheet of textile fibers and a vvoven sheet of textile iiberS, Which comprises feeding the two sheets, in Superposed, Surfacecontact relation, through a binding solution to Sir[1l11taneous1y in1pregn=ate both the non-Woven and Vove11 sheets therevvith, pressing excess bnder Solution from the C0mp0site fabric, heating the composite fabric to drive oi the v0latile liquid from the binder Solution, thus leaving the binder horOughly and unif0rmly dispersed through both sheets of the composite fabric thus to cause said sheets to adhere Secu ely one to the 0ther, coating at least one Surface of the con1p08ite fabric vith an Ogan()So Containing nletalic povvder, heating the thus coated fabric to drive 0ff the v0latile liqu id from the organos01, Superp0sing on Said rSt 0Tganosol cpating another organ0sol coating Containing c010ring pignents, and then heating the thus Coated fabric 0 drive 0 the volatile liquid fr()In the Second organ0801 and fuse the fesins and plasticizers of both organ0801s int0 and throughout the tw0 Sheets of the composite fabric lefe|lceS (e|i in the Hle of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Re 23 74l Sun1nlers NDV 17 1953 1,408,87l EDOS M'ar' 7 1922 Z 12,34l Ha1 et al Aug 2, 1938 Z 27S 989 Pery Mar 10 1942 Z Z8 168 PaulSen Oct. 31 19o 2 706 699 Plansoen et al Apr 19 19 

1. A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A FLEXIBGLE, RESILIENT INSULATING, COMPOSITE FABRIC USEFUL IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WEARING APPAREL AND THE LIKE AND COMPOSED OF A PREFROMED, NON-WOVEN SHEET OF TEXTILE FIBERS AND A WOVEN SHEET OF TEXTILE FIBERS, WHICH COMPRISES FEEDING THE TWO SHEETS, IN SUPERPOSED, SURFACE-CONTACT RELATION, THROUGH A BINDING SOLUTION CONTAINGING METALLIC POWDER OF SIMULATANEOUSLY IMPREGNATE BOTH THE NON-WOVEN AND WOVEN SHEETS THEREWITH, PRESSING EXCESS BINDER SOLUTION FROM THE COMPOSITE FABRIC, AND THEN HEATING THE COMPOSITE FABRIC TO DRIVE OFF THE VOLATILE LIQUID FROM THE BINDER SOLUTION, THUS LEAVING THE BINDER AND THE METALLIC POWDER THOROUGHLY AND UNIFORMLY DISPERSED THROUGH BOTH SHEETS OF THE COMPOSITE FABRIC THUS TO CAUSE SAID SHEETS TO ADHERE SECURELY ONE TO THE OTHER. 